Young Wings - October 1955 Junior Literary Guild Selections

Sep 21, 2026

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October 1955 issue of Young Wings presents Junior Literary Guild book selections and reading guidance for young members in the United States and Canada. The contents list featured titles by age level, including City Boy, Country Boy, Favorite Stories Old and New (revised edition), Exploring the Moon, The Long Way Around, and Junior Guild author/artist spotlights. Editor notes invite children to compare life in city and country, introduce story themes across genres, and preview imaginative adventures such as a lunar exploration.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages20

Reading Time31 min

AccessFree to download

Our October Books

City Boy, Country Boy

Favorite Stories Old and New (revised edition)

Exploring the Moon

The Long Way Around

Wilderness Warden

This Month's Authors and Artists

Junior Literary Guild Specials

From The Junior Literary Guild

Where Do You Live— in the Country or in the City?

Stories for All of You Everywhere

The Celestial Elephant and other stories

Davy Crockett story preview

When the Moon Was Born

Theories about the moon's origin

YOUNG WINGS THE'JUNI O R LIT E R,A RY GUIL DThe Book Club for Young Readers In the United States and Canada 0CTO BER 1955 Contents Our October Books City Boy,Country Boy by Miriam Schlein 3 For our s and 6 year old members Favorite Stories Old and New(revised edition)by Sidonie 4 Matsner Gruenberg For our 7 and 8 year old members Exploring the Moon by Roy A.Gallant 5 For our 9,IO,and II year old members 6 The Long Way Around by Esther Elisabeth Carlson For our older girls Wilderness Warden by Edward C.Janes 7 For our older boys This Month's Authors and ArtistsExploring Strange Worlds8by Roy A.GallantA Fisherman FirstI2by Edward C.Janes My First Sketches Made TroubleI3by Lowell HessMostly City GirlI4by Miriam Schlein Over the Years—Always StoriesI5by Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg Four Junior Guild Artist Friends Return:Kurt Wiese—AlbertI6Orbaan—Katherine Evans—Raymond AbelWhat Goes On behind the Scenes?I7by Esther Elisabeth CarlsonJunior Literary Guild Specials Get Ready Now for Your Book WeekIOCelebrations Behind the Scenes with Jay Gee,theI9Office Elf With the Junior Literary Guild20Everywhere # Y ○ U NLEeE DOM RMo G SFrom The Junior Literary Guild Helen Ferris,Editor-in-Chief Ruth Clement Hoyer,Editor of Young IVingsWhere Do YouLive—in theCountryor intheCity? In your new book,City Boy,Country Boy by Miriam Schlein,you will be meeting two differentboys.You will see each one wherehe lives.You will do the things thateach one does.There's fun for youin the country and in the city.Andthere's a surprise at the end. Gsx year olds.Lets layfa eame.Look—listen—and then tell whereyou are.Are you in the country orin the city? Look at the tall buildings,thelong and crowded streets.Listen tothe rumbling of the subway,thehonking of horns,the grinding ofbrakes,the throbbing of motors,thescreaming of fire engine sirens.Watch the tugboats and the oceanliners in the bay.Hear the fog-horns.Where are you? Miriam Schlein has already hadtwo Junior Guild books:The FourLittle Foxes and Elephant Herd.On page fourteen Miss Schlein tellshow she has lived both in thecountry and in the city. The artist for this new book isKatherine Evans.Read about heron page sixteen. Now look at the fields of brownearth and the growing plants ofgreen or yellow.Look at the treesand the flowers.Listen to thesounds—the crowing roosters,themooing cows,the grunting pigs,thechirping birds,the buzzing bees,the splashing of frogs in the pond,the singing brook.Where are you? City Boy,Country Boy by MiriamSchlein is the new Junior Literary Guildselection for s and 6 year old members.It is published in the regular trade edi-tion by Childrens Press,Inc.,at $2.00.Dewey Classification:F(Fiction).Sub-ject heading:Picture books. # Stories for All of You Everywhere collection.Read about the CelestialElephant in "The Lazy Farmer,"or about the horse Joey in "TheHorse Who Got His Picture in thePaper,"or about Sally and Billy'sthrilling trip in "Space Ship to theMoon."What kinds of stories doyou like best?Fairy tales and folktales?Myths and fables?Storiesabout real boys and girls and realthings?Stories about animals?You'll find them all. WHAT do most people carrywhen they go hunting forraccoons?You're right—a gun!But—think of it—once there was aman who did not have to use a gun.All he did was to stand and grinup at the raccoon in the tree,andhe grinned that old animal rightout of the tree—just like that! Perhaps you have heard this storybefore,since the hero is none otherthan your favorite Davy Crockett.What a man he was!He could runfaster,dive deeper,stay underlonger,and come out drier than anyman this side of the Mississippi—at least so he himself said.And hecould lick his father,who couldlick any man in Kentucky.Therewasn't anything he couldn't do bet-ter than anyone else—except once.Yes,one day someone managed tobeat Davy.It's hard to believe,butit's so.Who was it?How did hedo it?Read the story,"DavyCrocke

FAQs

Which books are highlighted in the October 1955 Young Wings issue?

The issue lists multiple Junior Literary Guild selections, including City Boy, Country Boy; Favorite Stories Old and New (revised edition); Exploring the Moon; The Long Way Around; and Wilderness Warden, along with other artist and author features.

How does the magazine guide readers by age group?

It assigns each featured title to specific age ranges, such as 3–6, 7–8, 9–11, and older readers, so members can find books matched to their age.

What topics does the issue discuss to encourage reading?

It promotes comparing city and country life, explores a variety of story types (fairy tales, myths, real-life stories, and animal stories), and includes a science-themed section about lunar origins and theories.

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